"When Sigrid Volders & Narelle Dore asked me to make a musical mix
for the presentation of their project "Earth.Rope.Pot.Plant", i
immediately thought of the "Plantasia" album by Mort Garson, who is one
of my favourite electronic composers. Little did i know, i soon
discovered, although truly amazing, it is just one of many plant-related
albums. Roger Roger, that other pioneer of electronic library music,
made "De La Musique et Des Secrets Pour Enchanter vos Plantes" in 1978, a
remarkable album which, like the Mort Garson album, also included a
booklet with enchanting text and pictures. For me, discovering more and
more, it all began to form into this greater spiral of interest. I saw
the film "The Secret Life Of Plants" and this documentary called "Mind Of Plants" by Jacques Mitsch (Arte 2009).
After which i immediately
obtained some codariocalyx and mimosa pudica seeds; both known as the
dancing and sensitive plants respectively. I really wanted to start
growing these plants myself. When the first seedlings popped up, in my
head a plan began to grow. You get emotionally attached to plants,
watering them at specific times and taking care of them every day;
something that was new to me, really. After the codario was already
grown quite a bit, i started placing a little speaker next to it and
play it gentle electronic sounds. The littlest leaves would start
twitching and turning right after these waves of sound would come out of
the speaker. As for the mimosa pudica, it was rather obvious from the
beginning this was a very sensitive being; The slightest touch or breeze
would set off it's receptors, folding up it's leaves one by one and
even branches collapsing towards it's roots. I was mesmerized! As an ode
to these two botanical beings, i decided to make sounds which are
gathered here on the attached cd. Enjoy." David Edren / DSR Lines
